Patents by Inventor John David Schnabel

John David Schnabel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Support for electronics assembly
    Publication number: 20030226949
    Abstract: A support for holding an electronics assembly, comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Matthew C. Cain, Jay Kevin Osborn, John David Schnabel, Denise Silverman, Andrew John Yair
  • Electronics assembly
    Publication number: 20030227752
    Abstract: An electronics assembly comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Andrew John Yair, John David Schnabel, Sean Conor Wrycraft
  • Electronics assembly
    Patent number: 6621709
    Abstract: An electronics assembly comprises: (i) a frame (1); and (ii) a motherboard (16) that is removable from the frame. One or more motherboards (20) extend in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the motherboard; and a number of elongate guides (24) are provided for the daughterboards to enable each daughterboard to be moved toward the motherboard into engagement therewith and away from the motherboard out of engagement therefrom. The motherboard (16) has at least one location element (32) thereon, which can engage one of the elongate guides (24) in order to locate the guides and the motherboard with respect to one another. This assembly enables accurate positioning of the daughterboards and the motherboard for forming electrical connections between them even where large tolerances are present in other parts of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Schnabel, Stephen David Sparkes